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SMITH, pp. lxii., 636.

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"_A most excellent and in every way desirable
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=Pope's Poetical Works.= Edited, with Notes and Introductory Memoir,
by ADOLPHUS WILLIAM WARD, M.A., Fellow of St. Peter's College,
Cambridge, and Professor of History in Owens College, Manchester.
pp. lii., 508.

_The_ LITERARY CHURCHMAN _remarks_: "_The editor's
own notes and introductory memoir are excellent, the memoir
alone would be cheap and well worth buying at the price of
the whole volume._"

=Dryden's Poetical Works.= Edited, with a Memoir, Revised Text,
and Notes, by W. D. CHRISTIE, M.A., of Trinity College,
Cambridge. pp. lxxxvii., 662.

"_An admirable edition, the result of great research and
of a careful revision of the text. The memoir prefixed
contains, within less than ninety pages, as much sound
criticism and as comprehensive a biography as the student
of Dryden need desire._"--PALL MALL GAZETTE.

=Cowper's Poetical Works.= Edited, with Notes and Biographical
Introduction, by WILLIAM BENHAM, Vicar of Addington and
Professor of Modern History in Queen's College, London.
pp. lxxiii., 536.

"_Mr. Benham's edition of Cowper is one of permanent
value. The biographical introduction is excellent,
full of information, singularly neat and readable and
modest--indeed too modest in its comments. The notes
are concise and accurate, and the editor has been able
to discover and introduce some hitherto unprinted
matter. Altogether the book is a very excellent
one._"--SATURDAY REVIEW.

=Morte d'Arthur.=--SIR THOMAS MALORY'S BOOK OF KING ARTHUR AND
OF HIS NOBLE KNIGHTS OF THE ROUND TABLE. The original Edition
of CAXTON, revised for Modern Use. With an Introduction by Sir
EDWARD STRACHEY, Bart. pp. xxxvii., 509.

"_It is with perfect confidence that we recommend
this edition of the old romance to every class of
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=The Works of Virgil.= Rendered into English Prose, with
Introductions, Notes, Running Analysis, and an Index. By JAMES
LONSDALE, M.A., late Fellow and Tutor of Balliol College, Oxford,
and Classical Professor in King's College, London; and SAMUEL
LEE, M.A., Latin Lecturer at University College, London. pp. 288.

"_A more complete edition of Virgil in English it is
scarcely possible to conceive than the scholarly work
before us._"--GLOBE.

=The Works Of Horace.= Rendered into English Prose, with
Introductions, Running Analysis, Notes, and Index. By JOHN
LONSDALE, M.A., and SAMUEL LEE, M.A.

_The_ STANDARD _says_, "_To classical and
non-classical readers it will be invaluable as a faithful
interpretation of the mind and meaning of the poet,
enriched as it is with notes and dissertations of the
highest value in the way of criticism, illustration, and
explanation._"

LONDON: R. CLAY, SONS, AND TAYLOR, PRINTERS.

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